Improvement in trays for egg-cases



D. E. DUTROW. Tray for Egg-Oase.

Patented May 7, 1878.

UNITED STATES, PATENT QFFICE.

DAVID DUTROW, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRAYS FOR EGG-CASES.

. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 203,431, dated May 7,1878; application filed April is, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID E. DUTROW, of Washington city, District ofColumbia, have invented an Improvement in Trays for Egg- Cases; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full and correct description ofthesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is the strips detached; and Fig.3 is a sectional view, showing the bottoms held closed by the cords.

My invention relates to a tray to be placed one upon another, in a casesimilar to the one granted for the purpose of packing eggs or other likemerchandise for transportation; and it consists in interlocking stripsof paper or other material by means of slots and notches, hereinafterdescribed, in such a manner that they shall form the sides and bottomsof a series of cells, forming a tray to be placed in a case fortransportation of eggs; and it also consists in an arrangement of cordsunder the bottom of said cells, whereby they are kept closed, andwhereby the cells, by means of rods at the ends of the cords, may beremoved from the cases.

the strip A, and consequently of the'width' equal to the length of theslot 0, and may pass through it. In the upper side of the strip 0 arenotches 6, equal in depth to the distance between the top of the slots 0in the strip A, and the top of the side a so that when the strip 0 ispassed through the slots 0, and the 'top of the slot 0 is allowed toenter a notch, e,

the top of the side a will be 'flush with the top of the side 0. Passingunderneath the bottom I) of the cells B are cords d, passing throughnotches in the bottom b, and secured to rods, which, when at rest, aredeposited in the notches g in the sides of the outermost of the cells B.

The operation of my device is as follows: The strips 0 are thrustthrough the slots 0 in the stripA until a complete webbing is formedhaving cells B, and the bottom flaps b are folded up, forming a bottomto the cells B, and also by folding over a portion of the slot 0,locking the sides a and 0 together, and the several cords 01 passingunderneath, and the rods f at the sides forming handles to carry thetray. The whole is ready to be deposited in a suitable case, and befilled with eggs, fruit, or other goods.

In unpacking, the trays may be lifted out of the case by means of therods f and cords d, and when carried to a suitable place the whole traymay be emptied by removing the cords, and thus releasing the bottoms.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Removable trays in a case fortransport ing eggs or other goods, consisting of a series of cells,formed of dividing-strips interlocked by the folded-up bottom,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the strips A, having slots 0 extending partiallythrough the bottom b, and the strips 0, having notches e,

whereby the folding up of the bottom 1) looksthe sides together,substantially as described. 3. The series of cells B, having openingbottoms b, and provided with cords 01, detachably secured to the tray,for keeping them closed for handling, substantially as described.

The above specification of said invention signed and witnessed, atWashington, this 12th day of April, A. D. 1878.

- DAVID E. DUTHOW. Witnesses:

O. M. PARKS, JOHN T. O. CLARK.

